Announcement: Owen Barfield–Knowledge, Poetry & Consciousness

Posted on 18 March 2016 by Sørina Higgins
The Temenos Academy
Patron HRH The Prince of Wales
presents

OWEN BARFIELD: KNOWLEDGE, POETRY & CONSCIOUSNESS
a lecture by Dr. Malcolm Guite

Monday 7 November 2016

The Lincoln Centre
18 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3ED
(Nearest Underground Holborn)

Doors open 6.15pm
Lecture 6.45pm
Finish 8.15pm

In the chair Professor Grevel Lindop

Owen Barfield is both the oldest and least known of The Inklings. His influence on Tolkien and Lewis is immense, yet his thought is rarely examined in his own right.
But Barfield may prove to be the most radical, far-reaching and prophetic of The Inklings.
This lecture gives a broad introduction to this thought and singles out aspects of his writing current to cultural crises.

The Revd. Dr. Malcolm Guite is Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge.

Tickets £8 or £5 concessions.

Reservations: temenosacademy@myfastmail.com

About Sørina Higgins

Dr. Sørina Higgins is an editor, writer, English teacher, public speaker, blogger, podcaster, and scholar of British modernist literature. She once founded and ran a University Press and has served as a writing tutor and consultant for everything from doctoral dissertations to a Jungian dream-journal. Her academic work focuses on Charles Williams (The Oddest Inkling) and magic in modern drama. She is currently revising a volume of short stories, Shall these Bones Breathe?, and previously published two books of poetry: Caduceus & The Significance of Swans. You can hire Sørina to edit your work, guide you through elements of creative or academic writing, teach courses on literature and writing, or speak to your group about any of these topics. Visit https://wyrdhoard.com/about/sorina-higgins/.
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6 Responses to Announcement: Owen Barfield–Knowledge, Poetry & Consciousness

  1. David Llewellyn Dodds says:
    21 March 2016 at 18:27

    Interesting! Thank you for alerting us to this!

    By way of a foretaste (or consolation for those who can’t go to London in November!), Malcolm Guite has a lecture on Barfield which has been loaded on YouTube (as well as lectures on other Inklings):

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  2. stephencwinter says:
    26 March 2016 at 08:47

    The Malcolm Guite talks on the Inklings are all excellent introductions.

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    • Sørina Higgins says:
      26 March 2016 at 08:51

      Yes! They are marvelous. Did you know that Malcolm Guite wrote the conclusion for my forthcoming book “The Inklings & King Arthur”?

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      • stephencwinter says:
        26 March 2016 at 09:18

        How splendid! My daughter has been offered a place for a post graduate degree at Girton College, Cambridge where he is chaplain. I am trying not to sound too excited at the prospect of her benefitting from his wisdom because it does not do to be too excited in front of your daughter! But I am! I am excited about your book too! The title alone sends tingles down my spine!

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        • Sørina Higgins says:
          26 March 2016 at 10:03

          Oh, wow! That is amazing! I do hope she is able to study with him. What a blessing.
          Thanks for your enthusiasm about the book!

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        • David Llewellyn Dodds says:
          9 April 2016 at 19:13

          We had a good reading group with Mark Everitt when he was Chaplain of Merton – including my first reading of anything by Rowan Williams (a book which, among other things, discussed science fiction), which in turn fed into our inviting him to speak to the Lewis Society – whereupon, he gave the paper now published in C.S. Lewis and His Circle.

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